James T. Willerson M.D.

Background

Dr. James T. Willerson, M.D., founded LoneStar Heart, Inc. in 2010. Dr. Willerson serves as President of Texas Heart Institute. Dr. Willerson served as President of The University of Texas - Houston Health Science Center since March 2001 and also serves as its Professor. Dr. Willerson served as President of University Of Texas Health Science Center At Houston. He served as the Chairman of the Department of Internal Medicine of The University of Texas Medical School at ... Houston from 1989 to 2001. He served as Chief of Cardiology at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital. He served as Medical Director of the Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas since 1995. He served as Chief of Cardiology of Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas, Texas from 1975 to 1989, Director and Principal Investigator of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Ischemic Heart Disease, Specialized Center of Research, in Dallas from 1975 to 1989, Director of the cardiology division at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School from 1977 to 1989, and Professor of Medicine and Professor of Radiology from 1979 to 1989. Dr. Willerson served as Chairman of Scientific Advisory Board at Texas Biotechnology Corp., (presently, Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc.) since January 1990 and also served as its Member of scientific advisory board. Dr. Willerson serves as a Director of Greater Houston Partnership. He serves as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board at Amorcyte, LLC. He served as Director of Encysive Pharmaceuticals Inc. from 1990 to April 3, 2008. He also served as Co-Director of the Bugher Molecular Biology and Cardiology Research Center at The University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas from 1986 to 1989. Dr. Willerson served as the editor-in-chief of Circulation, the premier journal of the American Heart Association, for 11 years-the longest tenure of any editor with an AHA publication. He is editor-in-chief of the Texas Heart Institute Journal. Dr. Willerson has published nearly 700 manuscripts and has been Editor or Co-editor of 18 textbooks. Dr. Willerson is one of 4 editors for Cardiovascular Medicine, Third Edition, published in 2007. He was selected for membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science in 1998 and named Distinguished Scientist of the American College of Cardiology for 2000. His Medical And Cardiology training was undertaken at the Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts. In 1961, Dr. Willerson received a B.A. from The University of Texas at Austin, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa. In 1965, he received an M.D. from the Baylor College of Medicine, and graduated as a Member of Alpha Omega Alpha.

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